Practical Guide - Bull Running

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Chupinazo

Prepare to be sprayed with sangria, accosted with balloons and waterguns and jostled by the enthusiastic revelers.

Running of the bulls

The running of the bulls is the central and most famous event of the festival of San Fermin in Pamplona.

Procession

The figure of Saint Fermin is ceremoniously paraded throughout the city for two hours and finally returned to his home at 2pm.

Bullfights

As Hemingway said, "Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor."

Las Peñas

The "peñas" are traditional clubs or groups of local partyers that meet throughout the year for festivities in Pamplona.

Mozo saltando desde la fuente de Navarrería

Fountain Diving

This crazy activity consists of climbing to the top of a tall fountain in one of Pamplona’s small plazas and free falling into the arms of cheering friends below.

Pobre de mi

The Pobre de Mí is the midnight farewell ceremony that marks the sad end of the fiesta on the night of July 14 in the Plaza Consistorial.

Riau-Riau

One small problem with this event is that everybody knows when it starts, however nobody knows when it ends.

Dianas

Many people are still awake from the night's festivities and look forward to this rousing band which wakes the more moderate sleepers.

These pyrotechnic displays are not to miss and are among the most widely attended events of the festival. For centuries “los fuegos artificiales” have been an important part of the San Fermin festival.

Giants and Cabezudos

Known as the “comparsa,” you will see this group of characters chasing children and dancing to traditional music through the streets of Pamplona.

Dance of the Alpargata

he "Baile de la Alpargata" is a traditional dance in the Casino Principal (above Cafe Iruña) on the main Plaza del Castillo which takes place every morning at 9:00am.